Policies and Expectations

Policies and Expectations of WBO’s Honor Society 2017- 2018 School Year

WBO Honor Society has no affiliation with Junior Beta, National Junior Honor Society or National Honor Society.

Students will be invited to be in WBO Honor Society if they have maintained a GPA above 3.75 for each of the previous 3 Trimesters. (Trimester 1, 2, and 3 of 5th grade)

Only a portion of students invited to WBO Honor Society will be inducted.

Induction requirements:

Students will be required to ask 3 or more of their 5th or 6th grade core content (ELA, Math, Science, or Social Studies) to fill out a google form recommending them to Honor Society. Staff members will already have this form. Students will need to reach out to staff members to ask them to fill out the form and submit it.

*Students will be required to have at least 3 positive recommendations.

Students will be required to write a 1-3 sentence statement explaining what it means to be a good leader.

Students who meet the requirements in a timely manner, showing their interest and drive in this after school activity, will be given priority.

Requirements to remain in WBO Honor Society

Monthly meetings: Students will be required to attend a monthly meeting on the 4th Wednesday of each month (unless school is on a break in which case the meeting will be scheduled well in advance) (There will be a total of 8 meetings)

Students will be allowed 2 excused absences

On the 3rd absence student will be placed on probation for the remainder of the school year

If a 4th meeting is missed that student will be removed from WBO Honor Society

****Barring any extenuating health circumstances.

​All absences should be reported to the W.B.O. Honor Society Service Club Sponsors either in person, or via e-mail prior to the meeting.

​A no "call" (or e-mail/ talk to sponsors) no show absence, when the student was in attendance at school that day, will be considered an unexcused absence.

2 of these occurrences will result in probation for the remainder of the school year.

​A third occurrence will result in removal from the club.

If a student misses a meeting, excused or not, they are responsible for the material and information covered in the meeting.

​This information can be found on the Meeting Minutes page of this website.

Service Requirements: WBO Honor Society is a leadership and service based organization

Students will be required to complete AT LEAST 2 hours of service for each month that the club meets (November to May= minimum of 14 hours for the year).

Hours can be completed at school and in the community

Community hours can not be done with immediate family and you cannot be paid for the service.

Students are highly encouraged to do at least ¼ of their service hours for the troy 30C community. (1/4 of 14 hours is 3.5 hours)

If a student commits to a service activity at school, he/she is EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT AT THAT ACTIVITY.

If there is a legitimate extenuating circumstance, it is the responsibility of that student to find another WBO Honor Society student to take their place and to notify one of the WBO sponsors of the change via e-mail or in person.

If a student fails to show up to a scheduled service without contacting one of the sponsors AND/OR finding coverage more than 2 times, he/she will be removed from WBO Honor Society

GPA Requirements:All student members will maintain a 3.75 or higher GPA at all times while in the organization. 1. If a student has a GPA below 3.75, that student will be placed on academic probation for one trimester. 2. If that student does not return to a 3.75 GPA or higher, that student will be removed from the Honor Society.

Behavior Requirements:All student members will act in a manner that demonstrates leadership. 1.Students will be expected to be respectful, responsible, and peaceful in all classroom environments and at extracurricular activities. 2.Any student that receives an In-School Suspension or Out-of- School Suspension will be placed on a 6-week probation period. 1. If there is another occurrence of poor behavior, resulting in a disciplinary consequence, the student will be removed from the Honor Society at WBO. 3. Other disciplinary consequences such as detentions or repeated steps received on the WBO discipline system will also cause the student to be placed on probation, if there appears to be a pattern of inappropriate behaviors.

Transportation: All students will be responsible for their own transportation to and from different events, unless provided by Troy 30C . Activity busses are available when activities are at WBO or TMS and end before 4:00 P.M.